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Belgium to become first country to allow euthanasia for children

The Belgian parliament is expected on Thursday to pass a low making it the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children. Belgium passed a law decriminalising euthanasia for terminally ill people over the age of 18 in 2002 and recorded 1,432 cases of euthanasia in 2012.

Opinion

Two years on from the highly-controversial EU-Turkey deal, many thousands of refugees are still trapped on Greek islands. One of them offers an open invitation to EU leaders to see their inhospitable conditions at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.

Interview

The controversy over the new EU Commission top civil servant is revealing of what is wrong with EU institutions and how they are blocked by national governments, says award-winning Austrian novelist Robert Menasse.